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Today I Learned (TIL)

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[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Rough approximation: Earth as opposed to sky, becomes earth as opposed to sea, becomes earth as in the known world as opposed to the places we don't settle (sea, sky, hell, etc.), becomes the place we live as opposed to Mars or Betelgeuse.

We walk on dirt, we live on dirt, we live on Dirt.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

That's a pretty good and likely summary, thanks!